PAGASA Weather Update for Typhoon {Cimaron} and {Soulik} as of 4:00 PM 22 August 2018.

Issued at:4:00 PM today, 22 August 2018 

SYNOPSIS:  Southwest Monsoon  affecting the western section of Luzon.   Meanwhile, at  3:00 PM today, the  eye of Typhoon CIMARON was located based on all available data at 1,790 km  East Northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon  (25.7 °N, 138.5 °E)[OUTSIDE PAR]  with  maximum sustained winds of 160 km/h near the center  and  gustiness of up to  195 km/h.  It is moving  Northwest  at  35 km/h. TYPHOON SOULIK LOCATION OF THE EYE (3PM): 1,295 KM NORTH NORTHEAST OF EXTREME NORTHERN LUZON (31.3 °N, 126.6 °E)[OUTSIDE PAR] MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 150 KM/H NEAR THE CENTER GUSTINESS: 185 KM/H MOVEMENT: NORTHWEST AT 25 KM/H.

FORECAST WEATHER CONDITIONS:

Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Zambales, Bataan, Batanes, and Babuyan Group of Islands will experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms due to Southwest Monsoon.  Possible flooding and landslides due to  scattered rains and thunderstorms.

Metro Manila and the rest of  the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to Localized thunderstorms.  Possible flash floods and landslides due to moderate to occasionally heavy rains or thunderstorms.

Weather information is courtesy of DOST PAGASA.